Re: Dilatation instead of pvp?

From: Salmon Egg <salmonegg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:18:53 GMT

On 2/20/06 7:36 AM, in article
1140449815.117879.263690@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jesse"
<utopia1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

There has been discussion here about dilatation (not "dilation"), but
no suggestion that this might be tried for bph as a step short of
surgery. I understand that dilatation may have to be repeated. Is
dilatation, balloon or otherwise, worth trying before moving to pvp?
What do people think? Has anybody had any experience with this?

Jesse

If you like being tortured.

Bill

-- Ferme le Bush

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